Fewer families in the Chinese capital desire to have a second child despite the implementation of the two-child policy, a recent survey said.
About 58.6 per cent of Beijing residents would like to have two children, down from 70.4 per cent in 2001, according to a survey on social opinion and belief for 2016-2017, published by the Beijing Social Psychological Work Committee over the weekend.
The survey shows that 72.6 per cent of Beijing residents have only one child. Around 10.8 per cent have two children.
The survey covered 2,430 people, state-run Beijing Youth Daily reported. In a policy response to an ageing population, since 2016 Chinese couples have been allowed to have two children.